SOUTHEND and Basildon hospitals raised million of pounds from car parking charges - including hundreds of thousands of pounds from staff parking fees. Now, campaigners have called for charges for staff to be scrapped after data revealed that £1.6million was made from car parking charges at the Mid and South Essex Hospital Trust last year. Specifically, Basildon and Thurrock Hospital Foundation Trust made £2.7million through parking. At the Mid and South Essex Trust, £155,422 was raked in through charging staff to park, compared to £733,738 at the Basildon and Thurrock Trust. But bosses have assured that the money made is ploughed into hospital services.